Straight Acting
It was time for me to take the straight acting test again. A few years ago I achieved a three, so it's nice to see than I am consistent.
Level 3 -- Mostly Straight Acting
You lead a normal everyday life and it's 'no questions asked' as people just assume you are straight. Every once and awhile a very aware person might notice something that causes them to think 'fem' but it's a fleeting thought because you turn around and surprise them with more masculine traits before they even have time to fully analyze the last one.
The About Us page clarifies what this all means.
Society has stereotyped homosexual men as being feminine. Some are. Some aren't. So then, what do all these words mean? Straight Acting? Masculine? Feminine? Unfortunately, they mean a lot of different things to different people, so it's hard to "judge" just how "straight acting" or "masculine" someone is. Does Masculinity have to do with "muscles"? No! Does being more "Straight Acting" than feminine make you a better person? No! Does displaying your gay pride mean you are feminine or proud to be feminine? No!
Chances are that if you're gay, a minority, or both, you've dealt with some form of discrimination in the past. Unlike what other people might say, calling someone "straight acting" or someone looking for someone else that is "straight acting" is not a way to "diminish gays as human beings or marginalize the gay community." It's called preference...nothing more, nothing less. Don't discriminate against people that express their preference!
Just as people have preferences for the type of guys they like, for example, "tall men", many of us have a preference for "straight acting" men-- Men that have very few effeminate traits but still like to get down with other men.
This site was created to help people find each other! We see all people as equal. Regardless of sexual orientation, age, race, religion, or what level you achieve on our quiz--we are all equal. This website is for fun! Don't make it anything more than it is, and anything less either and you'll be fine.
Personally I don't like the term straight acting. I'm not acting! If a straight person acts like me is that queer acting?
I will admit that I like it that people don't assume I'm gay, and that I can really screw up people who assume that when I go shopping with my friend Ashley they think we are a straight couple. It happened at the Auckland Homeshow last year, and on Sunday we will be looking at light fittings. When the salesman gets annoying with his preconceptions I drop a few hints and watch him backpedal. I Hope it expands his awareness to the way the world really is, but I'm an optimist.
Via Daren Barefoot, straight guy, also a three. (How much is his wife's influence, such as the number of candles?)
